Legal Counsel (Retail Expansion)

Overview

What makes you unique as a person makes us unique as a company. LPP is a Polish company that has been helping people express themselves through fashion since 1995. Through fashion, we want to reach new horizons of sustainability, inclusivity and accessibility, starting with the most important element: people.

We are recognised worldwide through our 5 brands: Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohit o and Sins a.

Thanks to our constant and rapid expansion around the world, we offer more than 40,000 jobs in over 40 countries, through more than 2,500 stores and offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Legal Counsel (Retail Expansion) – Job Description

This position will report directly to the Country Manager and the General Counsel as Matrix Manager and will be a motivated and relationship‑driven problem‑solver, providing clear, timely and practical counselling to the Company and LPP Capital Group on civil, business and commercial law.

The ideal candidate should provide legal expertise for the company in the fields of corporate, civil and business law, with special emphasis on the commercial lease. The candidate will be responsible for the legal care of day‑to‑day Company’s operation, including responsibility for looking after the best interests of the Company. The Candidate should build good liaisons with other entities of LPP Capital Group and support mother company in dealing with corporate issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support in the drafting, negotiations and supervision over performance of the commercial lease agreements regarding the Company’s stores; required experience in this field – negotiations between the landlords and the tenants, liaisons with the shopping centre managers, legal support in construction and fitting out of the stores process, participation in disputes.
• Handle multiple lease projects and deadlines simultaneously with careful legal analysis and attention to detail.
• Italian to English translation of lease agreements as provided by the landlords, and thereafter conduct of negotiations of lease agreements in bilingual version.
• Provide drafts of contracts or other legal acts to be concluded by the company (statements, powers of attorney, constituent acts, internal decisions, addresses, notifications, other legal communications, etc.) with other individuals.
• Maintain contact with public authorities and institutions; provide legal advice to management and company personnel on various other matters, including commercial matters, commercial lease matters.
• Manage, assess and supervise non‑in‑house legal counsel; work with internal legal and business colleagues to address various legal and corporate initiatives.
• Prepare legal opinions on the legal aspects regarding the Company’s activity; prepare legal responses to communications received by the Company.
• Draft, analyze and legalize commercial contracts according to the internal procedures of the departments concerned and in accordance with the legislation in force.
• Verify and approve the legality of contracts, conventions, agreements, protocols, concluded by the company; make a revision of any type of existing company contract as needed, in accordance with the contracting process and in compliance with the legal provisions.
• Participate in contract negotiations; manage the relationship with the contract partners; monitor the compliance with legal and contractual obligations, reporting to management any reported problems that could impact the activity of the company; keep up to date with the most recent changes in legislation and inform the company departments about legislation changes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Law with proficiency in civil, business and tax law.
• Experience with lease agreements negotiation for shopping centres/retail is must.
• Fluency in English language (legal and business).
• Experience in in‑house and/or legal firm in respective fields minimum 5 years, minimum 1 year for international clients.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Knowledge of legal practices, concrete experience in drafting documents.
• Knowledge of general corporate transactional law required.
• Knowledge of contract development.
• Good ability to negotiate, prioritize and organise.
• Ability to work with deadlines.
• Organizational integrity and professional ethics.
• Attorney certificate will be additional plus.
• Advanced PC operating knowledge (MS Office).

Benefits

• Work with us – we are a solid and fast‑growing company, with an extensive expansion plan in Italy for 2026.
• Dynamic, goal‑oriented and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development, thanks also to internal training programmes and participation in international projects.
• Independent position with significant freedom of action.
• Employee Assistance Program HELPP (free support from professionals in 3 major areas: Legal, Personal and Financial).
• Tickets Restaurant.
• Discount on all products of the 5 LPP Group Brands.

Equal Opportunity Employment

This advertisement is addressed to both sexes, in accordance with laws 903/77 and 125/91, and to people of all ages and nationalities, in accordance with legislative decrees 215/03 and 216/03.

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